Contemporist

JULY 12, 2023

A modern home in the desert features weathered and hot rolled steel, stone walls, sliding glass panel walls, and travertine.

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Contemporist

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A modern desert home completed by Imbue Design, that features weathering steel, split-face concrete block, and cedar.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

residence, a quaint 19th-century farmstead in upstate New York, and a trio of tiny homes in Joshua Tree. Each week we round up the latest must-see homes that have just gone up for sale. Photo by Brandon Stanley "Presenting an architectural minimalist desert home with detached guest suite and distant, original homestead cabin.

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Dwell

MAY 23, 2022

Property Details: Location: 41 Estrada Calabasa, Santa Fe, New Mexico Price: $3,475,000 Footprint: 7,913 square feet (five bedrooms, seven baths) Lot size: 11 acres From the agent: "Known as The Desert Flower (Ahkon Povi in Tewa language) by its designer and builder John McGowan in the late ’70s, this enchanting home is like no other.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The house on Covered Wagon Trail in Palm Desert is an authentic example of ‘the quiet elegance’ that Kaptur is known for. Unlike how designers often alter the footprint of similar homes, Chris only made changes that returned this home to its original state, removing any overhangs or additions to make it appear as it was in 1962.

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Deezen

JANUARY 21, 2022

The earthen tone of this off-grid holiday home in Northern Mexico was selected to match the rock formations of the nearby Cumbres de Majalca National Park, which is known for its dramatic landscapes. OAX Arquitectos completed this remote home as a vacation getaway for a large family. The facade was made by local artisans.

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Urban Design Associates

JULY 28, 2023

In the Sonoran desert, every day closes with an encore of colors across the sky, only to greet you with a celestial celebration of stars in every direction. There is beauty in the desert landscape, and that aesthetic can make for an incredible home design.

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Deezen

MARCH 1, 2022

The organisation of this home in Arizona's Sonoran Desert was inspired by a rock formation that architecture firm The Ranch Mine noticed during a site visit early in the design process. The Ranch Mine designed Boulders in Arizona's Sonoran Desert. Read: Mid-century Phoenix home receives updates and expanded living space.

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Deezen

JANUARY 24, 2022

The home is sited at the foot of a hill and divided into three volumes that encompass 1,900 square feet (177 square metres). The weathered steel skin provides privacy and protection from the harsh desert climate, while glass volumes in public spaces act as eyes taking in every magnificent vista," said the architects. Geotech: AGEC.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The architects employed cross-laminated timber (CLT), an environmentally sustainable and technologically advanced building method that’s quite new to the U.S. Mork Ulnes capitalized on its experience in designing both mountain retreats and more permanent dwellings to develop the design for Octothorpe House.

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Dwell

APRIL 11, 2023

Capped with a soaring roofline, the home syncs with the colors of its desert setting. The current owner has occupied the property part-time, while also earning income by utilizing portions of the property as vacation rentals." Photo courtesy by Sotheby’s International Realty See the full story on Dwell.com: This $1.7M

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Archinect

MARCH 28, 2022

The 3,300-square-foot, five-bedroom, four-bathroom home is described as an “earth-sheltered subterranean home” designed “to create highly efficient living.” The home's interior courtyard. The home is also fitted with HVAC.)

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Dwell

APRIL 30, 2024

Desert vibes meet ’60s kitsch at the far-out glamping retreat near Joshua Tree, which comes with six fully outfitted trailers. This funky psychedelic trip called Kate’s Lazy Desert was crafted by B-52s singer-songwriter Kate Pierson and her artist wife Monica Nation.

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Contemporist

JUNE 7, 2023

Architecture firm The Ranch Mine has shared photos of a mid-century modern-inspired home they completed in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Archinect

APRIL 9, 2024

Writing for The Guardian , critic Oliver Wainwright reflects on plans for a major Disney-themed development at Rancho Mirage in the California desert.

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designboom

APRIL 29, 2024

two derelict motels become kadre architects' colorful 'sierras housing,' providing thirty-eight homes for previously unhoused families. The post kadre architects transforms california desert motels into vibrant ‘sierras housing’ project appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.

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Archinect

APRIL 14, 2022

Tensions over visitors, some of whom will, inevitably, want to claim a piece of the desert themselves, has been a part of the area’s story for years. Their appeal is nevertheless lost on some local desert dwellers,

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Archinect

JANUARY 2, 2024

Rising from NEOM’s desert landscape like a glistening mirage, the property will feature two striking towers, one 225 meters tall and one reaching 275 meters. The towers will be home to an ultra-premium 41 key hotel and luxury residences that comprise 14 suites and apartments.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Located in a conservation area, the extension is informed by desert modernism, a style that emerged in Palm Springs during the mid-20th century. Large windows connect the interior to the garden In addition to extending the home, Will Gamble Architects refurbished and rearranged its existing interior.

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Dwell

MAY 7, 2024

In the early 2000s, the creative director commissioned a home in Woodstock, New York, based on the architect’s Kaufmann House in Palm Springs. When he began looking for a new home in his native Los Angeles in late 2012, it only made sense to find one by Neutra, who designed nearly 100 houses across Southern California.

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Dwell

MARCH 29, 2024

Following restoration projects in 2021, Taliesin West , Frank Lloyd Wright’s snowbird home and studio near Scottsdale, Arizona, is once again slated for updates. An homage to the long horizon lines of the Midwest, his low-slung Prairie homes speak to the region’s vastness.

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Deezen

MARCH 21, 2024

The home is in Sedona, a high-desert town located about two hours north of Phoenix by car. A primary goal for the team was to create a low-impact home that merges with its natural setting, both day and night. Acting as a "land-based telescope", the home moves toward the framed views in both plan and section, the team said.

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Dwell

JANUARY 18, 2024

Together, they crafted a modest desert dwelling where the owners could put up their feet in the profound stillness that saturates the desert landscape. Using rugged materials that reflect the desert fabric (Cor-Ten steel, split-face concrete block, and cedar), the structure naturally blends in and ages with its surroundings.

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Dwell

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

On the heels of the controversial Neom mega-city announcements last year, the kingdom has announced the new Dream of the Desert line. The 800-mile Dream of the Desert journey will begin in Saudi Arabia’s capital city of Riyadh and head northwest toward the Jordan border.

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Archinect

MARCH 8, 2022

Situated on a prominent canyon rim with commanding views of Smith Rocks and Sherwood Canyon, the High Desert Getaway celebrates the essential characteristics of its place in the High Desert landscape. The house appears to emerge organically from the desert floor, its low-slun.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

acres of sprawling desert surrounded by breathtaking mountain views, Casa Mami is completely off-the-grid and fully powered by solar. Whether a forever home, vacation home, or investment property, this turnkey ‘desert chic’ oasis is ready to welcome you." Sitting on over 2.5

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Dwell

APRIL 9, 2024

The actress bought the 5,513-square-foot home in 1938, the same year she was signed to star in "The Wizard of Oz." Related stories: There are Currently Multiple Frank Lloyd Wright Homes for Sale for Less Than $1M You Can Eat Breakfast Beside Boulders in This $4.2M

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Dwell

JANUARY 25, 2023

Lake|Flato Architects built them two-feet thick and utilized a courtyard plan to passively cool and heat the West Texas home. Borrowing from the area’s earliest structures, the rooms of the house are organized around a courtyard, a cool respite from the sun-drenched desert grasslands beyond the walls. Have one to share? Post it here.

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Dwell

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Instagram-famous desert home designed by SoCal starchitect Josh Schweitzer recently became available to book as a vacation rental, and my partner and I jumped at the chance to visit. into the calm, spare elegance of the high desert at night. Until this year, however, outsiders could only look from the property’s edges.

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Archinect

MAY 21, 2022

↑ Hammond Hill Home in Silver Spring, MD by Cook Architecture ; Photo: John Cole. ↑ Hidden Valley Desert House in Cave Creek, AZ by Wendell Burnette Architects ; Photo: Bill Timmerman. Today's top images (in no particular order) are from the board Eating & Drinking Spaces.

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Deezen

MARCH 29, 2024

The building's curving form is topped by a sloping grass roof The complex's main functions were enclosed below the 9,000-square-foot 'swirl' and surrounding grassy berms, which carve a network of tilting pathways with views of the surrounding desert. The photography is by Vinay Panjwani.

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Dwell

MARCH 20, 2024

When they realized that they could continue working remotely, they decided to make it their full-time home. Home the Renovation of a Lifetime This Arizona Home Uses the Desert Landscape as "Living Art" Glass doors slide open to create seamless transitions between the interior and exterior living areas.

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The Spaces

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

This unusual off-grid home is inspired by its dramatic high desert setting outside California’s Pioneertown. Its tawny wooden walls blend into the boulders and arid hillside surrounding the desert property , studded with Joshua trees and ancient rock formations.

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The Spaces

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Located close to the Joshua Tree National Park entrance, the postmodern home comprises a trio of cubes punctuated by unusual, geometric-shaped windows and doorways. Each is painted a different colour, apparently chosen to evoke the shades of cactus, desert rock and sky. Photography: ©Homestead Modern 2022.

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Dwell

OCTOBER 30, 2023

acres From the Agent : " Presenting an architectural minimalist desert home with detached guest suite and distant, original homestead cabin. Constructed in 2023, this residence stands as a testament to meticulous attention to detail, adorned with high-end fixtures and furnishings rarely found in high desert properties."

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The Spaces

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Desert camping gets taken up a notch at this eight-hectare site in Utah, which hosts guests in clusters of tiny homes and Airstream trailers backdropped by canyon scenery. Yonder Escalante spans a stretch of land in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument that was once used as a drive-in movie theatre.

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Deezen

MARCH 6, 2024

Last year, Berk released his first book, Right at Home: How Good Design Is Good For The Mind , which provides practical advice on setting up spaces to prioritise comfort, and style, to demonstrate how good design positively impacts mental wellness.

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